Victoria Conservatory Of Music

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About Victoria Conservatory Of Music

Overview

The Victoria Conservatory of Music is a center for excellence and enjoyment of music through education, performance, and music therapy. Their mission is to enrich lives through music in a thriving community accessible to all. The charity offers a variety of programs including quality private and group teaching for all ages and abilities, certification/diploma programs, music therapy for those with mental, physical or emotional challenges, an enriched curriculum for talented teenage classical musicians, concerts by students, faculty and visiting artists, summer academies, and children's music group instruction in Greater Victoria. They are dedicated to providing high-quality music education and therapeutic services to the community.

Mission

The Victoria Conservatory of Music's mission is to enrich lives through music in a thriving community accessible to all. It pursues this purpose by developing creative potential and healthy communities through music education, wellness programming, and live performance — serving students from infancy through adulthood regardless of ability or background.

Vision

The Victoria Conservatory of Music envisions a thriving community in which music is accessible to all, aspiring to be a centre for excellence and enjoyment through education, performance, and music therapy. It works toward a future where creative potential is developed across all ages and backgrounds, and where music contributes meaningfully to individual wellness and community health.

Unique value proposition

The Victoria Conservatory of Music is distinctive in combining a comprehensive, all-ages, all-genres community music school with accredited postsecondary programming and what its leadership describes as Canada's largest and most wide-ranging music therapy service. Its Centre for Music Therapy and Wellness, led by a nationally recognized expert, delivers individualized therapeutic programs across Vancouver Island, including to care homes and marginalized communities. The VCM further sets itself apart through tuition-free outreach initiatives such as the ChoirKids choir program in under-resourced schools, Indigenous youth programming, and addiction recovery work — all housed within a landmark 1890s Richardsonian Romanesque heritage building that anchors its identity as a cultural institution at the heart of Victoria.

Financial overview

Revenue (2025)
$6,454,856
Expenses (2025)
$6,363,785
Total assets
$6,238,526
Liabilities
$1,111,783
Year Revenue Expenses Program Admin Fundraising
2025 $6,454,856 $6,363,785 $3,755,251 $2,293,002 $315,532
2024 $6,878,852 $6,089,692 $3,759,527 $2,051,109 $279,056
2023 $6,102,604 $5,694,208 $3,595,165 $1,862,378 $236,665
2022 $5,596,944 $5,420,777 $3,294,019 $1,844,603 $282,154
2021 $8,333,379 $5,211,764 $3,212,995 $1,752,123 $246,646
2020 $5,801,135 $5,405,792 $3,432,372 $1,666,035 $307,384

Financial data sourced from the Canada Revenue Agency.

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Leadership team

NM

Nathan Medd

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

TB

Tricia Baldwin

Dean

SG

Stephen Green

Former Dean and Chief Artistic Officer (retired 2025)

JB

Johanne Brodeur

Head of Music Wellness / Director of the Centre for Music Therapy and Wellness

RH

Robert Holliston

Department Head, Keyboard (School of Classical Music)

EN

Emily Nagelbach

Artistic Coordinator, Winds and Brass

MB

Müge Büyükçelen

Co-Artistic and Administrative Coordinator, Upper Strings

BY

Brian Yoon

Co-Artistic and Administrative Coordinator, Lower Strings

MD

Michael Dias

Co-Artistic and Administrative Coordinator, Guitar

JY

James Yi

Program Coordinator

CK

Chris Kask

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

JH

Jayne Hammond

Director of Development

TA

Tereza Anderson

Director of Marketing

MS

Micki Stirling

Animateur

KG

Kelsey Gilker

Assistant Registrar

EF

Erin Fraser

Marketing Coordinator

DV

David Visentin

Associate Dean of Postsecondary Studies

SW

Shelley Williams

Board Chair

MM

Michael McEvoy

Board Vice Chair

BC

Brock Campbell

Board Secretary

AM

Alison McCluskey

Board Treasurer

EM

Erica Mattson

Governor, Board of Governors

NB

Neil Barman

Governor, Board of Governors

AW

Amanda Wilson

Governor, Board of Governors

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